BUSINESS REPORTER
Former Standards Association of Zimbabwe director general Eve Gadzikwa has been appointed as CEO of the Southern African Development Community Accreditation Services (SADCAS).
Her appointment is with effect from July 1. She takes over from Maureen Mutasa who left at the end of last month after 14 years at the helm.
SADCAS is a multi-economy accreditation body established in terms of Article 15B of the Technical Barriers to Trade Annex to the SADC Protocol on Trade with the primary purpose of ensuring that conformity assessment service providers operating in those SADC Member States which do not have national accreditation bodies are subject to an oversight by an authoritative body.
Within the SADC region only South Africa and Mauritius have national accreditation bodies.
The remaining 13 countries namely Angola; Botswana; Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar; Malawi; Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe do not have national accreditation bodies hence serviced by SADCAS.
SADCAS plays a key role towards the achievement of SADC goals in trade facilitation and in the protection of health, safety and the environment by assuring technical competence through accreditation.
Writing on her LinkedIn profile, Gadzikwa said: “My vision is to direct and support the good work the organisation has been doing over the years.”
